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Greetings!

Finally i have some time to introduce homebuiltrovs society with my project. I'm building it for almost 2 years, and finally i can see the light at the end of the tunnel Some basic info:
- 2 horizontal and one vertical thruster made of brushless motors
- 2 onboard 12V 7Ah batteries
- arduino Duemillanove inside ROV connected to laptop via rs485, controlled with USB gamepad
- pressure (and depth) sensor + temperature sensor
- Processing application for motor control and sensor readings
- one camera connected to laptop via 2 video baluns
- teether: 4 wires striped of cat5 cable

Here are some pics:

Phase 2

Phase 3

The controlling software is done (arduino + processing), the sensors are parametered, the only things to do are to make a float with hole for vertical thruster and pot the teether and motor wires. I hope i will explore Adriatic Sea depth this summer.
I posted motor control video before: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzpznVA ... ature=mhee

That is looking good. Interesting design.
Keep posting those pictures.
They help keep the rest of us motivated.

Interesting concept. What depth do you like to reach? Keep rolling, summer is coming soon…
I’d like to explore Istria shelf water also this summer. When I will see under there you epoxy beauty, I will know, with whom I have the honor

I'm blushing !
I'm planning to reach minimum of 50 m, i have 100m teether so far, the hull should persist 5-6 bars according to my "calculations". There's a lot of hidden treasures downunder i hope i will find some!

gumma wrote: There's a lot of hidden treasures downunder i hope i will find some!

How do you intend to retrieve it?

My mission is only to explore it, my treasure is recorded wildlife under the surface..